Isbn: 9781877946424 - the absence of angels (6 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First edition. SIGNED and warmly inscribed ("For ______, who's words mean so much to me. Thank you, Best alwaysBill Pen") in black ink on title page. 274 pp. Octavo [22 cm]. Purple cloth over boards. Includes letter to recipient of the inscription, signed by Bill Pen. "This magical novel about urban mixed-blood Indian life has as its narrator-protagonist Albert (Alley) Hummingbird, a self-conscious, overweight, shy college student who hides his feelings with humor and who longs to reconcile the two cultures that have formed him.In the oral irreverent manner of Nez Perce storytelling, W.S. Penn's novel spirals outward as Alley shuffles between Second Mesa and Los Angeles between school, family, men and women, life and death until the reader is convinced that everything isas his grandfather believesconnected like dandelions."-from front dj flap.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1994. Permanent Press. Hardcover. 8vo. Signed by the author. A novel set in the mixed-blood urban Indian world. The main character is Albert "Alley" Hummingbird, a young man trying to negotiate the different forces controlling his life. A groundbreaking book for its time. An archival sleeve covers the nice white dust jacket. Author Penn signed this copy on the title page. A first edition, one of 2000 copies. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good-. Spine slightly canted.; Inscribed by the author (as "Bill") ; 8vo; 274 pages.

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. First Edition. Fine in a very close to fine dj. (Mild crease at upper edge of front dj. flap) Only 2000 copies printed.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. SIGNED by W. S. Penn on title page. Near fine in fine dust jacket. (Trace of faint foxing at edges. ) 2000 copies printed. Author's FIRST book. (LC).